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nice-kill-tanaka · 4 years ago

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Heyhihello!! Can i request a match up for ohshc?

This was from another request from different acc i did weeks ago so that requesting would be much easier, ill label the numbers so that its clearer for you to understand!

2. Hobbies

Ill add things i like here too, if thats ok 😸

:food, music (classic, alternative/rock, pop and many moree!) books, anime/manga, science, literature, daydreaming, laughter/smiles, kickboxing, volleyball, archery, knives and guns, cold weather, blue skies, strong wind, horror /thriller.

3. What i want to find in a s/o

4. What i dislike

5. Personality

Im also a capricorn and libra ascendant that is infj-t mbti personality type!

Thank you very much ♥️

[🌄 @michiyonakamura requested one (1) regular Ouran High School Host Club matchup. I have just the ingredients for that! Sit tight while I get to work.🌌]

Not to sound weird, but I love your energy 😭!! I admire the fact that you have such a good sense of self. I’ll make you proud, bud! 😤

(Btw, since you didn’t clarify your pronouns, I’ll just use they/them for now. I’ll change them if you want!)

And, it looks like you have an admirer:

🌷Tamaki Suoh🌷

🌱Humble Beginnings🌱

In school, even in your second year middle school class, you knew the rumors far too well. The whispers that reminded you of viper hisses that kept one name relevant in your mind

The bastard son of Yuzuru Suoh, Tamaki

Despite the other kids explaining to you (Multiple times, at that) that the boy wasn’t worth talking to, you never understood the stigma around him

Maybe it was because your parents didn’t treat illegitimate children like the sin it was in the elite professional community?? But, you were genuinely confused at your classmates, who were so ready to deny the humanity of the new kid (Because of something he couldn’t control, no less)

You eventually asked for the opinion of your “friend”, Kyoya Ootori (Really, it was just an acquaintanceship built off the request of Kyoya’s parents. You knew that, but decided not to say anything out of liking spending time with him.). To which he responded that building a relationship with someone with such a horrible status held no benefit. But, he also knew that fact would hardly stop you

And it didn’t ❤️

You started your mini-mission with simple observation

Through watching at a distance, you learned that even though Tamaki was lowkey (highkey) shunned by his classmates, he was still the sweetest person imaginable towards them

Something told you he understood why he had the social standing he did. But, the fact that he chose to not act bitter made you feel warmer on the inside

You really, really wanted to talk to Tamaki. And hardly because you pitied him. But, because he seemed like too good and interesting a person to pass off

After further observation, you found out that Tamaki also loved music! (As he took a classical music elective)

And suddenly, you had your peace offering

The day after your discovery, you went to the library on campus and got to work. The idea was that you’d print out a ton of sheet music for piano and offer your friendship by giving it to Tamaki

You ended up printing out “’Moonlight’ Sonata”, “The Entertainer”, “Brandenburg Concerto No. 3″, and many others like them, putting them in a folder with a sticky note signed with your name:

“Wanna sit together at lunch sometime? :D —(Y/N)”

After that, you left the decision up to Tamaki. Sure, you wanted to be friends with him, but letting him come to you would be a surefire way to gauge his interest

The next day, you sat at your usual spot with Kyoya at lunch, who expressed his doubts about your efforts paying off

And while you did acknowledge that your little plan could always fall through, you kept your hopes up. The notion of making your life a bit brighter with The Power Of Friendship™️ made you giddy

As your talking veered into the subject of your curiosities about how the cafeteria’s gourmet lunches managed to be so good every day, you noticed a shift in Kyoya’s gaze. Instead of looking straight at you, his line of vision looked like it was going just past you

“Ah, excuse me? You’re (L/N) (F/N), right?”

You immediately turned around at the sound of the polite voice behind you

Well, what do you know!!

The lean boy behind you stood patiently, familiar folder in hand. His blond hair and near violet eyes only complimented his sweet-looking face. He was exactly who you were hoping to see!!

“Oh! Uh, yeah, that’s me!”

“I got the music you left on my desk, and I wanted to thank you! You have amazing taste in music.”

Your heart: ❤️✨😊🌺☀️

“Oh- geez, thanks! I kinda thought you’d like them. Wanna, maybe...sit and talk about ‘em?”

Tamaki brightened and you both looked towards Kyoya for permission. The two of you faced each other again once he gave a brief, exasperated nod

“Of course!”

🌳Flourishing Love🌳

Together, you, Kyoya, and Tamaki became the respective heart, mind, and soul of the Ouran High School Host Club

As the naturally likable manager, you were often a bridge between the two conflicting views of leadership. You brought a certain empathetic sense of responsibility to the table, which helped in most club functions

Tamaki, who you became rather close to, began to fall for your love of life, and your love for others

Even he was surprised by how many other clubs you helped out in, and made it his mission to make sure you don’t spread yourself too thin ((like he often did-))

Through you, Tamaki began to learn about all of your hobbies. And every day, he’d love you a little more

Your crush developed more slowly, but surely. You started seeing Tamaki as a romantic option when he started asking for you to teach him about the many things you enjoy. No one had shown that type of interest before, and honestly?? It was a little flustering

Soon enough, Tamaki couldn’t take it anymore. He needed to ask you out before the opportunity went away!

(((Sure, there was the issue of his customers being upset about his relationship. But, Tamaki would cross that bridge when he got to it, wouldn’t he?)))

It was actually in the library that Tamaki officially confessed. He gave you a book that you had already read, insisting that you look through it again. Albeit, confused, you complied by opening to the page bookmarked by a red rose. There, you saw a sticky note with a specific paragraph number written on it

The paragraph you read was a love confession that perfectly described Tamaki’s feelings

You looked up from the book to meet Tamaki’s eyes, that were free of the exaggerated version of himself. He was serious about this, and serious about you

After you two got together, Tamaki would’ve loved to flaunt his new relationship, but you eventually convinced him to keep it under wraps for now

In fact, he found the Secret Forbidden Relationship™️ shtick kind of ✨exciting✨

However, he will at some point get impatient and accidentally out your little romance to the Host Club (Kyoya had known all along of course)

One of your first dates was watching a “light” thriller at your place. In other words, the movie scared the crap out of Tamaki, while you comforted him like the knight in shining armor you are ☺️

Being as compassionate as he is, Tamaki would love easing you into becoming more verbally expressive. The improvement isn’t necessarily for him, since his higher understanding of other people means he can interpret how you feel too. But, he knows that taking that change is important to you, whether you’ve outright said it or not

Tamaki will become a lot more adventurous with you and all of your interests. The rest of his friends are actually concerned about his physical health 😅

During the winter months, you and Tamaki made it a habit of going out on days below freezing, and cuddling at a library/cafe

Expect many, many chocolate roses from Tamaki in the places you frequent, with sweet little love notes attached to the stem

^The notes also include polite reminders of tasks you may have forgotten throughout the day

The reason Tamaki loved dating you (And not just you in general) was because you two had gotten together of your own volition. No outside forces like wealthy family or meddling friends were involved. This relationship belonged to only you two, and that fact couldn’t be taken away 💕

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[🌌 There you go bud! That’s one matchup for the road. Hopefully it lasts for a while, but if it doesn’t, feel free to come back! I’d be thrilled to see you again.🌄] —Reagan

#caravan commodities #special bindles #matchup #michiyonakamura.traveler #michiyonakamura.request #ohshc matchup #ouran high school host club #ohshc #ohshc x reader #SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG #BEING GROUNDED HAS NO BENEFITS #I HOPE YOU LIKE IT MICHI-KUN

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jj-lynn21 · 5 years ago

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Cozy Cove: A side of tits with your pancakes

song: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q. warnings: light smut perhaps, cheesy romance most definitely, a dash of angst.

Saved by an Angel , A side of tits with your pancakes ,Fires Burn Hot , spending the nights , Learning and Loving , The end id not always the end, Axel Grease, Big Decisions, Sex and Jet Skis, Late night fun , Old Wounds , Storms pass , Dangerous Waters

Susie relaxes in a lounge chair on the sand a few feet away from the beach cottage she is staying at with her parents. The sun is already hot at early day break. Her iced mocha is beside her. A book, California dreaming, is in her hand.

Axel saunters up throwing his shadow over her. She grins internally, but keeps reading as if she doesn't notice.

"Hey," He bounces from one foot to other nervously, "What's up?"

"Reading," She didn't look at him when she answered. "No dangerous activities to do this morning?"

Axel chuckled, "not at the moment." He runs his hand through his hair winces as he goes over the stitches. He keeps forgetting they are there until he touches them. "You want to go for a walk on the beach? That shouldn't put me in too much peril."

Susie taps the front of her book with one finger.

"Oh, yeah you're reading," He bounces a little more before he turns to walk away ego a little deflated. "I guess. I'll catch ya later."

She rolls her eyes as she closes her book with a bookmarker saving her place. "Maybe, you will catch me."

She giggles and he turns back around surprised. "I didn't think you would give up so easily Axel." She gets up and runs down the empty beach.

Axel runs after her. "I just knew you wanted to be chased. I wanted you to get a good head start Susie Q."

Her Mother has been watching her and the tattooed local from the kitchen window. "What do think of this, Richard?" Her Mother motions for her Father to also eavesdrop. "I'm not so sure she should be hanging around with a local that probably goes through vacationing women like tissue."

Susie's Father glances out the window, "He looks pretty nervous to me. That is not the stance of a regular local predator. Plus, Susie is twenty-seven years old, and she has made good decisions in her life so far. Let her have some fun. We have to trust we raised a strong girl, Sandra."

"I suppose we do," She takes a deep breath as she sees her daughter run off laughing and the boy running after her daughter down the beach until they are too far to see.

Susie runs down the beach laughing until she can barely catch her breath. When Axel catches up, he grabs her from behind picking her up. He spins as she kicks her feet outward until he falls back on the sand.

Susie looks up in his memorizing emerald eyes, "I guess you caught me, Axel."

Axel has his elbow propping up his head in the sand as he catches his breath, "I think you wanted me to catch you, Susie Q." He smiles as his free hand runs up her side moving to go under her tank top.

Susie pushes his hand down to her hip. "I'm not as easy as other vacationers you might have been involved with."

He puts his hands behind his head before laying back. "I'm not fucking every female that comes through town like that. I have had relationships with some local chicks that didn't work out for a multitude of reasons and on occasion I have had fun with those that come to vacation her but I don't make it a habit. I learned most people that vacation here use me as part of the atmosphere. Just another vacation story to tell their friends. I don't want to be a good vacation story. I rather be a good friend someone makes while vacationing and maybe even keep in touch. Its stupid thinking really." He sighs deeply looking up at the puffy white clouds floating in the blue sky of sunshine.

She leans over on his shoulder. "Sorry Axel. To many guys are assholes."

He puts an arm around her and runs the tips of his finger over her arm. "I know. Is this ok?"

"Yeah," she got chills from the sensation but it was nice.

They laid there in a comfortable silence watching the clouds pass for longer than they realized. Axel's stomach made an audible growling sound.

"Have you had breakfast yet?" He kept his eyes up and his fingers gliding up and down her arm.

"No, just most of my coffee," She had to admit she was hungry.

"I know a place we can get the best pancakes and eggs," He got up and offered her his hand.

She jumped up letting him help her but had a huge smirk on her face, "Let me guess, your place?"

"Boy you have run into some assholes," He shook his head. "We are going to Karen's. Its the diner in town. Best pancakes and eggs you will ever have. I promise you that."

"Let's go," She smiled.

They walk hand-in-hand over to his motorcycle. He gets on and grabs the keys waiting for Susie to join him.

She gets on the back reluctantly. "Is this thing really safe without a helmet?"

Axel starts the cycle revving it a little, "The safest thing you will have vibrating between your legs this summer."

"What was that?" She yells over the rev.

"Just hold on Susie Q." He starts off.

She wraps her arms around his middle laying her head against his back. Axel goes the speed limit for once since he got the beast. Its twenty-five through town, and he barely goes that fast wanting her to get use to the riding before showing her what real power can feel like at a good speed. She leans with him into the turns which take her breath away. It is scary but also exhilarating. They pull in behind the restaurant in minutes.

Axel walks her around the building to the entrance where he sees his brothers and co-workers inside. He freezes, "Maybe we should come back after the breakfast crowd clears out?"

"Don't be silly,": She slaps his chest. "Its not that crowded."

"Yeah, alright," He quickly drags her through the restaurant to a booth he thinks is a little more secluded. Puts the menus up to hide them even more just at the waitress comes over to take their order.

"What will it be?" The young waitress looks to Axel with a big smile. "Hey Axel, the usual today?"

"That would be great Jen." He smiles back.

"Are you working this afternoon," She bites at the inside of her lip. "I have been meaning to stop by for you to check under my hood. Could use an oil change or something more." She doesn't even choose to notice Susie.

"I probably have time to give your car an oil change," Axel rubbed the back of his neck. "I work two until ten tonight. Susie is going to get the same breakfast as I do. I told her they make the best pancakes in town here." Axel reach over to told Susie's hand.

"Oh hey," Jen finally acknowledged her. "Oranges juices with that?"

They both nodded yes. Axel's brother Josh noticed them just as the waitress walked away. He hoped over the seat beside Susie and put his arm around her. "If you ever want a man that will save you instead of you having to save him, I'm around, babe."

Axel glared at him. He was just about to call him out when Susie spoke up as she pulled away from Josh, "Go play in the kiddy pool," She stared at Josh coldly. "The only one that needs saving is you if you don't remove your arm."

Josh jumps back removing his arm and laughs, "Alright miss feisty." He stands and slaps Axel's shoulder as everyone stares at the situation.

Axel smirks, "Don't you have to get to work. The beach opens to the public in ten minutes."

"Yeah man, I'll catch you later at the bonfire tonight." He walks out still a little stunned the vacationer put him in his place like that.

"Here you go summer girl," Jen put their drinks on the table. "Axel, she smiles. Pancakes and eggs will be right up sweet boy."

Axel blushes, "Thanks Jen."

Susie smirked, "You date her or something?"

"I would maybe rank it under or something," Axel fumbled with her fingers in his hand. "You sure put Josh in his place quickly. I was about to deck him, Susie Q.:"

"And then I take both of you bleeding to your Father?" She chuckled. "Glad I spoke up when I did then. Let's try to keep you from getting hurt the rest of the time I am here."

"No promises but I'll do my best." Axel chuckled, "You want to go..."

"Here is your pancakes and eggs," Jen smiles showing off the deep cleavage of her tight uniform that hugged every curve perfectly. "And multi syrups since i know you like variety."

He look up at her eyes, "Thanks, this will do fine for now."

Susie sat back crossing her arm just waiting for the waitress to leave. As soon as Jen left she leaned forward again as Axel started to eat. "You were saying before the waitress put her tits in your face?"

Axel swallowed his bite. It felt heavy in his throat as he heard Susie's claim which he knew was true. He took a big gulp of his juice before answering. "Susie Q. will you go to the bonfire with me tonight after I get off work? Or maybe just meet me there if you don't want to wait until close to eleven to go?"

"I will think about it." She pours some pecan syrupy on her pancakes. "So what is with the Susie Q. shit anyway?" She said gruffly. She is unsure if she wants to go to some townie bonfire with Axel's asshole brother, probably his other asshole brother and more chicks falling all over Axel that he fucked. The more she thought about it the more pissed off she got which she tried to hide on the outside by stabbing her food to eat it.

"That's cool," Axel takes another bite of his breakfast looking around. "You need to hear something to know why I like calling you Susie Q." He gets up and goes to the Jukebox updated with digital recordings but still older music from the 50s, 60s and 70s. He pushed a few buttons and a song started playing. He sat back down.

"This is one of my favorite songs on here for some reason." He finishes his orange juice as the long musical interlude played on. "It is called Suzie Q. by Creedence Clearwater Revival."

Susie gives him a half smile. Her anger still slightly bubbling. What breaks her is when Axel begins to sing. He sings bad. Really awful actually, but there is a lot of heart behind it.

Axel sings: Oh, Susie Q, Oh, Susie Q Oh, Susie Q, Baby I love you, Susie Q I like the way you walk I like the way you talk I like the way you walk I like the way you talk, Susie Q

Well, say that you'll be true well, say that you'll be true, Well, say that you'll be true and never leave me blue, Susie Q

Well, say that you'll be mine well, say that you'll be mine, Well, say that you'll be mine, baby all the time, Susie Q

Oh Susie Q, Oh Susie Q Oh Susie Q, Baby I love you, Susie Q

I like the way you walk I like the way you talk I like the way you walk I like the way you talk, Susie Q.

Oh Susie Q, Oh susie Q Oh Susie Q, Baby I love you, Susie Q

The restaurant clears out his singing is so bad.. Or maybe everyone is done with their breakfast ready to open other local business to the tourists staying or coming in for the day. Susie is laughing and smiling. It is a little embarrassing but also real sweet.. "I get it now Axel. I get it and I love it."

His brother Eric walks over to him with a coffee to go before he starts his construction job. He leans down to whisper, "Maybe, you shouldn't sing in public." He looks to Susie with a smile. "Good to see you again. Susie, is it?"

"Yes, and you are?" Susie smirked.

"This is my older brother Eric." Axel introduces them. "Eric, Susie is the girl that saved me."

"I figured." Alex took a sip of his coffee. "Have a good day. I'm bringing my guitar tonight and you will hear some good singing." he chuckles as he leaves.

"All your brothers like to bust your balls, don't they?" Susie suggested.

Jen came to clear the dishes. Her breasts blatantly tosses in Axel's view again. "Two checks today?"

Susie said, "Yes."

Axel looked around the waitress, "No, let me get it as a thank you, Susie Q."

Susie nodded, "Ok, one check." She smiled taking his hand as she ignored the waitress.

Axel paid and they walked out to his motorcycle. He sits on the edge and pulls her between his legs. "Sorry, that wasn't the nice breakfast I want to have with you."

"The Pancakes were excellent as you said they would be." She ran her fingers through his hair. "But I could have done without the side of tits."

They both laughed.

#axel cluney #axel and susie q #fanfic #fan fiction #bill skarsgard #valter skarsgård #Valter Skarsgard as Josh #alex skarsgard #Alex Skarsgard as Eric

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unicornsandphoenix · 6 years ago

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Blog Birthday??!!?!!?!?!

Helloooooo alll! So not only is today my wife’s birthday (I keep saying wife and I feel like someone is gonna believe it too much someday?), but also! It is my blog birthday!!!!! Fucking shit you guys! Happy birthday to this blog! Some cool facts about this blog:

1) Today, it is 1 year old (shit my dudes, it’s real)

2) It was started purely because I had a story that I wanted to post and I was tired of not reblogging fan content but only liking, so the side blog was created

3) There are so many instrumental people who went into creating this blog oh ho ho let me tell you about it under the cut, sorry to everyone who was tagged I went ham

4) This blog has grown to have more followers than I deserve

5) Has gotten me out of some pretty bad depressive episodes

6) Is my child that I want so very much to nurture

So just.... A very big thank you goes out to everyone seeing this. Because even in indirect ways, you have all affected me and shaped me in some way. So thank you, I love you all! (And of you were tagged, even if you don’t read on, please know you affected something about this blog in the biggest way possible. Thank you from the bottom of my heart <3)

If you’d like, please read to see the complete history about my time on here, but if not, I hope your day is extra happy today! Because mine was! <3

So all in all, after I got to read a ton of fanfics online as a guest on AO3, I finally made my own account that held LITERALLY nothing but bookmarked fics that I really wanted to read. When this happened, I looked to tumblr for more Harry Potter content. Since then I have two fics that I have written for fests (1 and 2), dozens of drabbles and head cannons floating around tumblr (under #phiawrites), written 10 fics on AO3, gained a thousand followers or so, and smiled so much more often.

About two years ago, I started actively seeking out blogs. The first every drarry blog I followed religiously, with notifications and everything, was @dorthyanndrarry. Her writing INSPIRED ME, and I would stalk her writing blog daily to see if there was new content to enjoy. Next was @l0vegl0wsinthedark, who not only blew me away with writing, but also with support. She was always so so so kind to everyone, and so excited, and her presence was exactly what I wanted to be as well. Of course, with love, I had to obsess over @bixgirl1 next, and obsess I DID. Sometimes I would get so overwhelmed with notifications, I had to turn them all off, but I would always make it a habit to go back and read their blogs later.

The next big big big step for me, was Jeni. I had followed @drarrymylove for a while, and Jeni wrote such amazing and beautiful drabbles for asks, even anon asks, and I was truly so inspired by them. I would send her asks with prompts, and to my utter delight and surprise, she wrote a few out!!!! They are still my favorites, and I still read them from time to time. About 13 months ago, she sent me a message after I left a comment on something of hers, and I grabbed on and held on to the convo like a life raft on open water.

Soon after, I created this blog on January 20th, 2018. I started reblogging like a wildfire, and I could not get enough.

Next, would definitely be staganddragon (not entirely sure if she wants her new blog to be separate now, so I will keep silent on her blog name). Emily wrote amazing songs, like songs I would listen to on repeat over and over and over and over. This was all around 12 months ago, a little after I started to talk with Jeni, and I got so so so inspired by the song Tuesday Morning, that I just HAD to write. I sat down, and in one five hour sitting, cranked out my first fic. Emily was super supportive, so was Jeni (who at this time didn’t know yet that I was this blog, she thought we were two separate people), and I was riding high.

Soon after, Jeni made a post, or said something, about how there should be more fairytales for drarry, and I quite agreed, and reblogged the post saying that if she wrote one for me, I would write one for her. She agreed, and tagged my other blog only to find out it was me all along, and I went into writing my next fic(s). Jeni gifted me The Nightingale, and I gifted her my cinderella AUs that Emily graciously beta-ed and grew to be more out of control than I thought. I was hooked.

After that, things happened fairly quickly for me. I started betaing, I joined the discord, I met so many amazing people through it (especially in the sprinting section), I wrote more, I responded more to content, I created content.

I met @morgendaemmerung89 who drew me this for one of my drabbles (that I still scream about constantly)

I met @gnarf who is an absolute gem, and inspired me so so much with the fact that she essentially TAUGHT HERSELF ENGLISH TO WRITE, and wrote such heart wrenching stories like Harry Potter’s Biggest Fan

I wrote a birthday present for carpemermaidtales, and a present for @goldentruth813 (who also was so kind and inspiring as a writer and as a supporter with every single person she interacted with. Like... I was in awe. Still am most of the time)

I made friends with @snortinglaughter by telling her we were best friends anonymously and giving her clues as to who I was through anon before she found me (which kinda might be my MO but hey, here we are right?) because Gigi was the absolute best and I was obsessed with her blog as well as her writing such as this one

I was obsessed with @decanthrope‘s ability to say such bizarre things and weave a story out of a single sentence. There is also that way the fics were written so supremely well as well. Take a look

I don’t even remember how I became friends with Jess, @nifflers-n-nargles, but her writing is amazing and I can’t for the life of me tell you how happy I am that I did, as we are married on discord now with @hogwartsfirebolt (who is the sweetest and the loveliest and all around the best ok ok she writes like a dream) Gigi, and @slashfoxes (who had her birthday on my blogs birthday so of course we were destined to be, here is some of her hot stuff)

I talked to @mzuul a few times after I sent her anonymous love letters through the ask box because her art literally makes my heart stop beating for a few seconds so I can take in how utterly amazing it is, and low key inspired me to try to draw a little on my own

I met @foularcadebanana, whom I love with all of my heart, and literally helped me through so fuckign much its not even funny. She was my biggest supporter over the summer with some fics of mine, and I can’t tell her enough how grateful I am for her. I wrote her this little thing here, and if you haven’t read her stuff, please fucking do here is her Big Bang (yes, she did do that kudos to her)

I met @violetclarity who is a gem of a human, and me in like 4 years I have decided, who writes magNIFICENTLY so please check her out

@xx-thedarklord-xx is literally a sweetheart (though she might try and deny it) and I am still shocked that she actually talks to me because she was a BIG name to me starting off, and I ADORED her blog so much, still do, and her writing skills I would literally kill for

@jadepresley talked to me after I left one too many screaming comment on her current fic (seen here), which is absolutely wild and boggles my mind every time it happens... we are best friends now though. NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT FROM ME

@jet-playin writes the funniest and hottest things, and honestly I loved every bit of our interactions

@assassinsdragons was one of the first blogs I noticed in my notes, and everything she had to say was so incredibly kind, and she writes now tooo!!!

@saintdrarry makes absolutely stunning artwork. I am still in awe looking at it, and you should be too. I am so impressed with this gal, let me tell you, she will go places, and I am so happy to be apart of her life

I really can’t tell you how much these people have affected my life and influenced it for the better. Of course, this isn’t everyone, not even close, but just know how thrilled I was to know all of you. Thank you so so so much.

#it's my birthday!#my blog birthday!!#whoop whoop #not hp #just... thank you all #i love you so much #and im so incredibly happy to share this with all of you #<3 #phia rants #phia rambles #like #rambles so hard #whoot whoot #but seriously a bigger thank you cannot be said #you are all precious to me #and so many more people than this #god i need to do more constant appreciation posts

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wp-yahoo-style-1042-yahoopa-blog · 7 years ago

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'Cycle of abuse': Model Katie Willcox on what it's like to be neither plus-size or straight-size

Model Katie Willcox will talk body positivity at theCURVYcon Sept. 6-8 in New York City. Watch the event live on Yahoo Lifestyle. (Photo: Courtesy of Katie Willcox)

Katie Willcox got scouted to be a plus-size model when she was 17 years old. Now 33, Willcox notes that at the time she was athletic, playing competitive volleyball and wearing a size 12.

“That’s not really plus-size,” she notes, regarding the standards of sizing as defined by the fashion and modeling industries. “I was really fit and I just had a larger frame.”

After finishing high school, Willcox moved to New York City and was almost immediately booked by Torrid, becoming the face of its latest campaign. Willcox calls the campaign a pivotal moment for plus-size fashion, one of the first times a brand thought to ask, “Wait — what if we shoot curvier stuff and have it look not awful?”

Sept. 6-8, Willcox will join other plus-size influencers and celebrities at theCURVYcon to talk about body positivity and size diversity in the fashion industry. The event will be live-streamed by Yahoo Lifestyle (bookmark this link to watch it!).

During her freshman year of college, though, Willcox stopped playing sports, had no sense of good nutrition, and then gained what she calls “the freshman 25” and found herself a size 14 — which created a challenging dynamic for her to reckon with.

Photo: Courtesy of Katie Willcox

“I was feeling really awful about it, but everyone at the agency was like, ‘This is so great! Now you’re really plus-size! You can book more now!’ But now I felt was that I wasn’t in good shape, but I was being rewarded for that with money and work.”

It was the first time Willcox realized that modeling was “not what I thought this was going to be. … This was not what I thought my dream was, that I was brainwashed into thinking from watching America’s Next Top Model.”

A shoot in Los Angeles for Torrid led Willcox to meet her now husband, who was designing high-quality leather accessories. The two soon decided to try to join creative forces, ultimately opening up their own store and selling to top boutiques nationwide.

“I would take the belts we made to all the high-end jobs I would work [as a model] and sell to all the stylists. I always had that entrepreneurial business sense of hustling and making the most out of what I have,” Willcox says. Their joint company also taught her, she says, how to run a business: “How to run things, how to invest in your company, what to do when you’re not making the right decisions with your money.”

Photo: Courtesy of Katie Willcox

After the couple found their designs being knocked off by overseas manufacturers and sold for less in stores they had previously worked with, they decided to switch gears.

“We sold everything off, and I said if we ever open another business, I want it to be a modeling agency that actually makes sense for plus-size models.” In other words, a business that was everything that Willcox’s own experiences in the industry thus far hadn’t been.

Not only was Willcox watching plus-size models increasingly get scouted by brands directly through their social media accounts, often leaving the models without representation to negotiate for them or send them out for even more work, she was also tired of the messages that models on all spectrums of the size range were being told about their bodies.

Willcox recalls one particularly notable incident when she was 23; she had lost 50 pounds, was a size 8, and was being told by her agency that she was now too small for plus-size — but if she could lose 8 inches off her hips, the agency could send her out for straight-size auditions.

“Modeling was all I had ever done, so I was like, ‘OK, let me see if I can do this.’”

She says she started using “a meal delivery service and undereating and overexercising and telling myself that I was being healthy because that is what we tell people success is — losing weight.”

Last night @naturally.nikki_ and I did our 45 minutes bootcamp class on my @onepeloton app. It starts with a 20 min run interval in 3 sections. We jog for 30 seconds then run for 30 and repeat 4 times. Then we do the same thing with an incline. Then we alternate jogging and running for one minute each for the remainder of the time. After doing 100 spin classes I set a goal of 100 bootcamp classes and I started with the 30 minute options…. and died. But I kept with it and now I am doing the 45 minute classes and pushing myself in a way that never knew possible! I hate running… or that is what I told myself. Now, I realize I hated it because it was hard for me and I was out of shape. Last night we ran at 7.0 which was a huge improvement since day one! I realize now that being optimistic about our health journey will unlock new experiences we never thought we were capable of. We just have to keep showing up and believing in ourselves! 👏🏽❤️ #21daychallange #day20 #healthyisthenewskinny #katiehwillcox

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After getting down to 143 pounds, which Willcox describes as “skeletal on my frame,” her hips were still 37 inches — 2 inches more than what her agency had told her she needed to be.

“It was just bone. There was nothing I could do. And I remember it was Fourth of July and I had made cupcakes for everyone, but I couldn’t eat one and I broke down crying and I was like, ‘This isn’t who I am. How did I end up being this person? This isn’t me.’”

Two years later, Willcox and her husband, Bradford, started Natural Model Management, which, now nine years in, is a thriving agency. In 2011, the two started their next venture, Healthy Is the New Skinny, again out of response to what Willcox said she was seeing and feeling from her peers in the industry — and not liking.

It is a new week and that means we need to take a few minutes to recommit to ourselves. It is funny how we fear the beginning and we fear the end, but it is the middle that counts most! Week 2 of the 21-day challenge is the most challenging because old habits can start to creep back in. Hold strong and know you are going to have to work through those days as you create new healthy habits for yourself. You got this! #day8 #week2 #21daychallenge #healthyisthenewskinny #katiehwillcox top: @fabletics leggings @cottonon

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“When girls are their natural size, they’re not able to work. You’re asking them to pick an extreme end of the spectrum — you can lose 30 pounds or gain 20 pounds if you want to make a living as a model,” Willcox says about how the modeling world functions. “This is really messed up. All these young girls, all the models, hate themselves because they know they can’t look like that naturally, which makes them hate themselves and their bodies and I thought this was a cycle of abuse for women that I refuse to be a part of.”

At Natural, models are told to be the size they are — and that same message carries through in Healthy Is the New Skinny.

“Women’s sizes fluctuate. That’s part of life. You need to figure out what’s good for you and your body, but you don’t need someone to stand over and tell you what you should look like.”

Photo: Courtesy of Katie Willcox

Next came the book by the same name; in Healthy Is the New Skinny, Willcox sought to understand the psychology of the beauty and fashion industry and the way they force women to constantly feel not good enough — including the ubiquitousness of the phrase “self-love” in the industry right now.

“Self-love is just PR,” says Willcox. “Saying I love you to yourself in the mirror isn’t enough in a system that teaches you to hate yourself. I wanted other girls to have an understanding of the false advertising and the skinny beauty ideal, the diet industry designed for you to fail so they can keep making money.”

“When you understand stuff like that and take body image from an irrational place to an intellectual place, it’s like, ‘Wait all your craziness doesn’t work on me anymore.”

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Read more about theCURVYcon 2018:

Size did not ‘dictate their accomplishments’: Why Gabourey Sidibe and WWE’s Nia Jax will headline theCURVYCon

Venus Williams expands fashion label into plus-size: ‘Representation matters’

‘You can be unhappy with it or thank God for what you have’: Curvy influencer shares key to success

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Weekend Reading, 7.29.18

Spontaneity has never been my strong suit. I’ve always admired it from afar, nodding my head approvingly at the idea of carpe diem, going with the flow, and all of that. But acknowledging its value and actually welcoming it into my life are two very different things.

I know that my resistance to spontaneity has to do with my attachment to control, or the idea of it, which is something I’m trying to let go of. It’s not easy to let go of things, though, when letting go is often more uncomfortable than not. When I try to be more spontaneous or to roll with the punches I usually end up feeling destabilized and off-kilter, which doesn’t encourage me to do it more often.

Sometimes being freewheeling with my schedule and saying yes to things at the last minute means that I lose time for the actions and routines that keep me grounded and healthy: yoga, cooking, moving at a steady pace, consciously creating solo time if I’ve been around people a lot. It’s taken me a while to figure out how important these things are to my overall well-being, so of course I work hard to preserve them. But I know that there’s a fine line between protecting my nourishing habits and clinging to routine. And the more set in my habits I allow myself to be, the more convinced I become that I can’t handle changing them—a sense of fragility that I neither want nor need.

This week, I played around with being spontaneous—not intentionally, but because chances to do it came up. On Wednesday, a friend ended up with a gap in his work schedule and asked me whether I’d like to meet up for a while. I’d had a long morning of cooking and was immediately inclined to say no, but when I tried to imagine how it would be to sit down and catch up with him, I realized how much I wanted to say yes. I did said yes, in spite of being a little worn out, and our time was really energizing. I was glad he asked, and I thanked him for doing it.

On Friday, I realized that the plans I thought I’d committed to for Sunday were in fact happening on Saturday. As soon as I realized my error, I wanted to bail, because the day had taken shape in my mind already. Once again, I thought about what saying yes would feel like, and it was a positive enough visualization that I could push through the discomfort of the unanticipated changes in timing.

As it turned out, most of my Saturday shifted around under my feet; the day I thought I’d be having isn’t a bit like the one I had. But the one I had was fun and rich and sweet, and it’s very possible that the Saturday I’d initially counted on would have been less so. Or at least, it wouldn’t have been this Saturday, with the experiences it contained. So I’m happy I gave myself over to the flow of things, rather than tensing up against the unanticipated.

Not long ago, I wrote about the importance of saying no, and I stand by those words. But it’s important for me to resist rigid thought patterns that coax me into thinking that, if one thing is true, something oppositional must be untrue. Saying no is the right choice for me sometimes. Saying yes is right sometimes, too. Siding with one at the expense of the other saves me the work of learning to carefully discern whether a “yes” or a “no” is right for me in any given moment, which is part of the greater work of learning to tune into my own needs and listen to my intuition. But that’s good work, work that wants doing.

Navigating the space between openness and boundaries isn’t a straightforward business, and as I keep trying I know that I’ll inevitably have some missteps. I’ll opt in to things that tire me out, or I’ll miss out on moments that might have been fun and rewarding.

That’s OK. Another tendency I’m working on these days is my tendency to be precious, to regard each moment as a one-shot deal. I’m constantly assuring my nutrition clients who a) have the privilege of steady food access and b) have a tendency create a lot of suffering around getting food choices “right” or “wrong” that no single meal is all that important; there will be others, lots of opportunity to make different choices. So too with connection and experience. There’s always another chance to practice, if we’re up for it.

Wishing you a week full of yes’s and no’s, as the case may be, and appreciation of them all. Here are my recipe picks and reads from the past week.

Recipes

My friend Amanda just celebrated a burger month on her blog, with plenty of incredible recipes, and this crispy quinoa cauliflower burger is my favorite so far.

This vegan kimchi mac n’ cheese has been bookmarked for my next comfort food craving. So much cheesy and umami goodness!

I can never get enough smashed chickpea salad recipes, and right now I’ve got my eyes on Brandi’s awesome caesar version. What a cool idea to use artichoke brine.

Sara’s beautiful grilled mushroom bowls with muhamarra are inspiring me to get my grill pan out for the first time this summer.

Almond butter fudgsicles, anyone?

Reads

1. I loved reading Eric Kim’s tearjerker of an ode to the five cookbooks that have made him cry. Zahav is the only one I’ve read, but they’re all on my wish list now.

2. Speaking of my wish list, I’m eager to take a closer look at this list of 39 health and science titles for the summer.

3. A new research review points to the benefits of a plant-based diet for heart health.

4. I really like this article on raising vegan/vegetarian kids and teens—it’s both supportive and evidence-based, and the dietitians interviewed offer good tips and guidelines for parents.

5. This post was written for Mental Health Awareness Month, which is behind us, but I’m sharing it because I’m so glad that my friend Stepfanie had the guts to share about her experience with anxiety. I can intimately relate to the digging of nails into tender flesh to help distract oneself from racing thoughts or irrational fears—and I’m guessing I’m not the only one.

Each time any of us takes the time to put experience into words, we contribute to a culture in which mental health struggles can be acknowledged without stigma or shame. Thanks, Stepfanie.

My long day of cooking earlier this week was the most I’ve done in a long time; it’s a summer of hands-off meals for me, which feels totally alright. But I do have a new recipe to share this week, as well as some summer appetizer inspiration to chat about. Till then, take good care.

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Wishing you a week full of yes’s and no’s, as the case may be, and appreciation of them all. Here are my recipe picks and reads from the past week.

Recipes

My friend Amanda just celebrated a burger month on her blog, with plenty of incredible recipes, and this crispy quinoa cauliflower burger is my favorite so far.

This vegan kimchi mac n’ cheese has been bookmarked for my next comfort food craving. So much cheesy and umami goodness!

I can never get enough smashed chickpea salad recipes, and right now I’ve got my eyes on Brandi’s awesome caesar version. What a cool idea to use artichoke brine.

Sara’s beautiful grilled mushroom bowls with muhamarra are inspiring me to get my grill pan out for the first time this summer.

Almond butter fudgsicles, anyone?

Reads

1. I loved reading Eric Kim’s tearjerker of an ode to the five cookbooks that have made him cry. Zahav is the only one I’ve read, but they’re all on my wish list now.

2. Speaking of my wish list, I’m eager to take a closer look at this list of 39 health and science titles for the summer.

3. A new research review points to the benefits of a plant-based diet for heart health.

4. I really like this article on raising vegan/vegetarian kids and teens—it’s both supportive and evidence-based, and the dietitians interviewed offer good tips and guidelines for parents.

Each time any of us takes the time to put experience into words, we contribute to a culture in which mental health struggles can be acknowledged without stigma or shame. Thanks, Stepfanie.

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Jamie Smart – Salad – The NLP Belief-Busting Sleight-of-Mouth Mastery

Author: Jamie Smart – Salad Published: 2009

Description: 6 – DVDs ripped to .AVI 70 – MP3s of the DVDs 3 – MP3s of Belief Busting with NLP – Live 1 – MP3 of Which NLP Technique to Use 1 – PDF of the NLP Belief Buster manual with bookmarks added 1 – PDF of the NLP Belief Buster Cards – 57 pages scanned, OCRed & bookmarked 1 – PDF of the NLP Belief Buster Day One Transcript

In October of last year, we made a high-quality video of our highly successful “NLP Belief-Busting Sleight of Mouth Mastery Program”. I’m delighted to say it was a huge success! The footage looks great, & we’re finally ready to release it. Here’s the story…

Not to put too fine a point on it, but your about to learn how to get very good at this stuff! And believe me, you’re going to be part of an extremely exclusive group. (By my estimate, there are only between 300 & 400 people on the planet who can do the stuff you’re going to be learning to do.)

Because this is the stuff most NLP Trainers don’t even know, far less teach!

I’ll give you the specifics in just a moment, but first let me ask you a few questions, just to make sure we’re on the same page (these are powerful questions, so with your permission, I’d like to invite you to stop for a moment & really think about your answer to each of them)…

* What first sparked your interest in NLP & hypnosis? With me, it was the idea of being able to do the kind of “these are not the droids you’re looking for” Jedi mind-stuff. The funny thing is, I can do that now, but my purpose for doing it is coming from a completely different place! Speaking of which…

* What happens when you imagine being able to walk into any situation (whatever your goal is), open your mouth, & have words come out that get the results you want?

* What motivated you to take action to continue developing your NLP skills? My motivation comes from an insatiable passion for learning & understanding, & a genuine desire to help others, so I’m wondering…

* Would you like to massively increase your ability to be a powerful force for good in your world, able to have a genuine impact on the people & situations that matter to you?

* What are some of your most powerful & impactful discoveries since starting your NLP journey? In my case, it was seeing & hearing the kind of linguistic wizardry that can make a huge & lasting difference in a person’s life. What about you…

* Have you ever wanted to perform NLP-magic spontaneously that has people talking about how amazing you are months or even years later? (This happens to me all the time these days – I’ll tell you some stories in a minute…)

* What are some of your most inspiring & motivational goals, dreams & desires, both in your life, & in relation to your developing & evolving NLP & hypnosis skills?

* Are you willing to take control of your evolution as a human being, & massively influence the development of the people you care about?

If the answer to the last question is “Yes”, then you may be ready to learn what I consider to be one of the most powerful skillsets in existence – giving you the ability to change the very fabric of a person’s reality (including your own).

I’m talking about Conversational Belief Change using Sleight of Mouth.

This is the set of skills I drew upon when I was faced with…

* The bouncer who said “I can’t let you in here…” * The woman who said “I can’t have sex with you…” * The clients who said “We can’t afford it…” * The student who said “I can’t do it on my own…” * The friend who said “I can’t do the kind of work I love…” * The practitioner who said “I can’t use NLP language patterns…”

When I tell people about this stuff, they sometimes think its manipulative, & I would have thought so too, before I realized something:

“When you expand someone’s limited ideas about what’s possible for them, & help them to do something that they really want to do (and that’s in their best interests) you’re doing them a HUGE favor”

Let me be absolutely clear about this: when I set out to influence a person, I’m not trying to get them to do something you don’t want to do…

I’m helping them you do something you want to do, but haven’t been able to until now because of some kind of “perceived limitation”.

These perceived limitations are called “limiting beliefs”…

* I helped the bouncer find a way to feel good about letting my friend into the bar… * I helped the woman feel good about doing what her body already wanted to do… * I helped the clients open up their creativity to find a way to tap into their own abundance… * I helped the student connect with their personal achievements & her own independence… * I helped my friend rekindle his willingness to take action & start moving forward to leave a dead-end job & start doing work he loves… * I helped the practitioner draw upon their vast experience of having learned their mother tongue, to help them deeply realize that learning language patterns was simple in comparison…

Michael Neill (bestselling author & probably the world’s foremost happy success coach) says that there are only two questions you really need to answer in terms of getting what you want:

1. What do you want? 2. What stops you?

While it really is as simple as that, there are a number of factors that can make it challenging to get “clean” answers to the “What do you want” question. Here are some of the “other factors” that I’m aware of:

* Thinking it’s not OK to want what we want * Thinking it’s not possible to get what we want * The “I don’t know what I want” story * Thinking we need to get what we want in order to be happy * Thinking something bad will happen if we get what we want * Thinking we’ll become something bad if we get what we want * Thinking we don’t deserve what we want * Thinking others won’t approve if we get what we want

Here are some of my favorite questions for helping clarify what you really want:

* What do you want? * How will you know you’ve got it? * What would you want if you didn’t have to be unhappy about not getting it? * What would you want if you knew you couldn’t fail? * What would you want if you knew it was OK to fail? * What would you want if you were guaranteed to get it? * What are you afraid would happen if you got what you want? * What are you afraid it would it mean about you if you got what you want? * How could you make sense of the idea that you’re already getting exactly what you want, that what you’re getting at the moment is actually what you want? * If there were a miracle tonight, & when you woke up tomorrow, everything was exactly as you want it to be, how would you know a miracle had occurred? What would you see, what would you hear, what would you feel, what would you believe, what would you experience that would let you know a miracle had taken place?

Once you get a really clear answer to the “What do you want?” questions, that’s half the battle – when you allow yourself to want what you really want, you tap into a source of motivation & passion that will give you the energy you need to really take action & get what you want.

But there’s a second part.

What stops you?

All too often (I’m talking about 90% of the time or more) the answer is “limiting beliefs”.

* Limiting beliefs about what’s possible in this world * Limiting beliefs about what’s possible for YOU * Limiting beliefs about what you’re worth * Limiting beliefs about what you deserve * Limiting beliefs about what you’re capable of

Of course, there are other factors – lack of money, lack of time, lack of skill. But the person who has control over their beliefs can exert a massive influence over all of these factors.

On the other hand, if you can’t control your beliefs, then your beliefs are controlling you, the results you get & the quality of your experiences in life!

The person who CAN’T control their beliefs, on the other hand, is the victim of their programming… the set of unconscious beliefs & ideas about the world that they’ve been learning ever since the day they were born.

My friend Richard Wilkins calls this set of beliefs & unconscious ideas “The sc ript”…

The script is a collection of mental & emotional habits that’s been built up over centuries, & that you’ve been learning since before you can remember. The script is a story about you: who you are, what you’re capable of, about your world, and your place in it.

The script has been developed by well-meaning people. It’s been passed on from generation to generation, & added to along the way.

Here are some of the people & institutions that have worked on The script:

* Parents * Teachers * Politicians * Religions

* Friends * Family * Work colleagues * Culture

* Society * Media * Universities * Experts

And of course, you! As human beings, we have many ways of learning:

* Direct experience. When you got to your feet & started to walk, you were learning. When you put your hand in a flame then pulled it away because it hurt, you were learning.

* Behavioral shaping. We do more of the behaviors that “make Mummy smile”, & less of the ones that don’t. If as a child you express anger, & Mummy frowns at you or “withdraws her love” in some way, it send a message that it’s not OK to get angry.

* Hypnosis. When a parent tells a child they’re just like their father, or a teacher says they’ll never amount to anything, that’s hypnosis! Of course, television & other media also have a profound hypnotic influence.

* Modelling. We model the people we’re surrounded by, imagining what its like to be them, then “mind-reading” their beliefs, values etc. Significant adults, peers, heroes – these are all potential models.

* Study. We learn things from books, audios, videos & other sources of study. Some of these study-sources are more well designed than others, & help us learn what we’re choosing to study. Less well-designed sources teach unintentional lessons about how to get frustrated, unhelpfully confused etc.

* Playing. What is the evolutionary function of playing? Learning. Learning how to interact with yourself & others; learning skills that you’ll need in this culture. Learning about who you are & where you belong in your community.

* Peer influences. We learn from our peers. You become like who you hang around with. This is incredibly powerful.

* Media. In Western society, we learn a huge amount from the various media sources. Many of these lessons are less than useful (Eg. we learn that if something is not a peak experience, it’s not worth doing. That if you can’t make money at something or be the best in the world at it, what’s the point. These are not useful lessons).

* Other sources. There are other sources of learning taking place in each moment. If I ask someone the question “Do you realize how much you are already learning today?” the answer has to be “No”, because learning takes place at both a conscious & an unconscious level. In fact, any “deep” question like “Do you realize how much you are already learning today?” instigates an unconscious learning process.

So here’s the thing…

If you give a great actor a lousy script, you’re going to end up with a bad film.

The results you’ve been getting in your life until now, good & bad, are the result of your script.

And the script is automatic & unconscious. It isn’t making value judgments – it’s just got one job. To make things familiar, to keep you safe.

If you keep using the same script, your past results will give you a very clear indicator of what you can expect in the future.

But here’s the good news…

I’m going to show you how you can CHANGE the script. For yourself. For your clients. For your family. For your friends.

And you’re not just going to learn a bunch of fancy language patterns. I’m going to introduce you to the deep structure of beliefs. Once you learn how to make changes at this level, you’ll be able to do magic automatically & unconsciously.

And then we’re going to go further. We’re going to go beyond the script, BEYOND BELIEF.

You see, the superb Ericksonian hypnotherapist Michael Watson once told me something that stopped me in my tracks, something so profound that it left me speechless (not a common occurrence). He said…

“Somewhere in there, in you, is a being, greater than you can imagine, that is seeking expression in the world.”

For me, this connected with my favorite quote, by Marianne Williamson, which starts…

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented & fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?”

I first read this ten years ago, & it changed my life. It lit a flame inside me that burns to this day. Part of my deepest purpose is being fully alive. And when I’m being fully alive, I can inspire other people to be fully alive & live the life of your dreams.

And what’s been stopping us until now?

The script. Limiting beliefs, outdated ideas about who we are & what’s possible for us.

But that’s all going to change…

Because I’m going to teach you my very favorite aspect of NLP, Sleight of Mouth. This is the master skill-set for conversational belief change. And when we’ve done that, we’re going to go beyond it, beyond belief, beyond the script!

I’m about to tell you what you’re going to get on each of the six DVDs in this masterclass. It’s going to seem like a huge amount of information when you read it here, & it is, but the way I structure & deliver it, you’re going to find it going in really easily & naturally.

In fact, you’ll likely watch the DVDs again & again to experience the many layers of reframing I used to design it, & squeeze every last drop of juice from this program.

Here are just a few of the things you’re going to be learn how to use. In fact, when you look down this list in a few months’ time, you’ll probably start laughing as you think back over all the ways you’ve been putting these into practice since you learned them!

* The question that used to be banned in NLP training, but that’s actually really useful for uncovering the conscious-mind story a person’s been telling themselves to keep the belief in place. This is typically unconscious, but like an iceberg, the most important bit is under the surface. You need to get this into the open before you can make changes.

*A tool for uncovering the unconscious structure of a belief, the pictures, sounds & feelings a person uses to make a belief seem true. This is one of the essentials of rapid belief-change.

*A tool that reveals their unconscious obstacles. The cool thing is, they can’t NOT show you!

*A question for finding out how they’ve been gluing the belief together, & simultaneously inviting them to re-evaluate the meaning they’ve been making (beliefs are all about meaning)

*Did you know that you can change a belief just by changing a single word or phrase in it? You’ll discover how with this deceptively simple pattern.

*A pattern for bringing the consequence of a belief into awareness (use this carefully, because you can get some really powerful shifts using this pattern).

*A simple question that gets a person to generate examples of where their limiting belief hasn’t been true! People can always do, on some level, what they say they can’t, & when they start generating counterexamples themselves, you’re heading in the right direction.

*A pattern you can use to generate powerful metaphors & analogies to instantly & deeply reframe a limiting belief.

*A way of taking a criticism & turning it into an action plan in a single sentence! (If you ever get criticized, either by others or even yourself, this pattern’s worth the price of the whole package on its own!)

*A pattern for directing a person’s attention to the larger outcome & purpose that the belief’s been standing in the way of. If you don’t do this, you may be in danger of actually reinforcing the limiting belief as you try to help them!

*A little-known pattern for using a tag question to connect two phrases in a way that creates a sort of verbal swish pattern – very hypnotic!

*Did you know that the first word you use after someone states a limitation can have a dramatic effect on their perception of the problem, & actually start them future pacing? Would you like to know what that word is?

*Two patterns for doing “belief-change Aikido”. These are my favorite sleight-of-mouth patterns, because they instantly get the belief working to change itself!

*A tool for finding out where out-of-date “rules” came from. This is especially useful in those “It’s just the way it is” situations.

*A powerful modelling tool to get a person to actually teach you how they believe something (and in the process, to reframe them from “victim” to “expert”). Supercool!

*The essential mindset for doing belief-change work, & ensuring you don’t trigger the limiting belief’s self-defense systems (if you’ve ever been trying to convince someone of something & they became defensive, it’s because you didn’t have this mindset).

*How to subtly reframe even the most challenging belief as “just a perception”. This tool is so powerful that the person you’re working with won’t even notice it consciously, but the unconscious mind gets the message instantly).

*How to use a classic reframing tool for finding value in even the most limiting of behaviors, beliefs or mindsets.

*The ONE question you can use to change the meaning of absolutely anything. Shakespeare famously said “There is no good nor bad but thinking makes it so.” This tool will help you use what Shakespeare knew to create powerful lasting change.

*How to get at the causal relationships in the belief structure. People think in terms of cause-effect relationships, A causes B. But beliefs are often built on false causes – just because breakfast comes before lunch doesn’t mean breakfast causes lunch. This tool will help you identify & loosen those causal links.

*How to use one of my favorite patterns to skilfully discombobulate a limiting belief, & get them to imagine a new, empowering possibility

*How to use the intention of the limiting belief as a springboard for new possibilities.

*Everyone has values, the things that are important to them. You’ll learn how to use what’s most important to a person to get them to re-evaluate the belief.

*How to direct a person’s attention to something they hadn’t even thought of, & change the belief in the process (this is akin to ‘redirection’ used by magicians).

…I virtually guarantee your mind will be blown wide open…you’ll be stunned when you realize exactly what’s going on — and because your mind will be wide open, you’ll be ready to start receiving these skills directly into your cortex!

…it’s like being able to FREEZE TIME and gaze deep into someone’s mind and SEE A BELIEF changing before your eyes…

…and because I literally stop time in the commentary — you’ll be able to keep up with the changes as they happen and sooner than you think you’ll be mastering this stuff…

You’re going to be DOING Sleight of Mouth and Conversational Belief Change for real!

The only time people usually get Sleight of Mouth is on a Master Practitioner training. Even then, most NLP trainers don’t actually teach it, because its perceived as being “difficult”

But here’s the thing… you can read books on this stuff, & you’ll learn something. You’ll learn something, but you’re unlikely to “get it”.

Let’s face it – most of the people who do those “annoying little reframes” when they;’re trying to help you have read the books.

But there’s another way.

You see, my greatest skill isn’t NLP or Hypnosis. It’s not even language. My GREATEST skill is taking complex ideas & making them teachable & learnable. THAT’S the reason I’ve sold over 15,000 language card decks. THAT’S the reason our Conversational Belief Change program that we launched last month sold out in under 5 days. And that’s the reason why people show up on my trainings to learn this stuff directly from me.

I take complex ideas & make them teachable & learnable. Once you experience my model for how beliefs work, you’re going to be able to master the patterns of Sleight of Mouth more easily than you ever thought possible.

And just so you know, belief-change is where you get the real leverage when it comes to doing behavior change & achieving goals.

Who is this DVD program designed for?

* If you’ve ever said “I love NLP but I don’t seem to use it in my daily life” you need to be here. * If you’ve got goals & dreams that you just don’t seem to be achieving, I’ve got an answer. * If you’re passionate about helping your clients live the lives they desire, there’s a place for you. * If you love language & dream about being able to do the Jedi-stuff, this course is for you. * If you’re committed to living life on your own terms, book your place now.

And Your Trainer Is?

…Jamie Smart, one of the UK ‘s most acclaimed and respected trainers as well as the CEO and Founder of Salad. Jamie has a passion for language, learning and teaching. This is evident in Salad’s NLP Practitioner and training courses as well as in Salad’s array of world renowned NLP and Hypnosis products, including Ericksonian Hypnosis Cards, NLP Coaching Cards and Irresistible Influence Cards.

Jamie has been taught by some of the best NLP trainers in the world including the founders of NLP, Richard Bandler and John Grinder, as well as highly skilled and innovative trainers such as Robert Dilts, Chris Hall, and Joseph Riggio.

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